School Garden 101Registration now open! |
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We are excited to invite you to School Garden 101, a series of workshops to help schools develop viable gardens on their school grounds. We will build gardening skills, connect gardening principles to school activities, get Iowa standards-based curriculum materials, and work to create sustainable garden programs.- Trainings will be held Tuesday evenings February 9 - March 8, 2016, 5-8pm.
- There will be two locations --
- Ankeny Schools, 306 SW School Street, Ankeny
- Des Moines Public Schools Central Campus, 1800 Grand Avenue, Des Moines
- The cost is $60 per team, payable by credit card (this will require a phone call) or by check or cash at the first class.
- Schools/organizations must attend as teams of at least two people to qualify for the incentive to be paid at the end of the program.
Registration is now open. Contact us with questions at 515-979-3311. We look forward to seeing you soon! |
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| | Research shows that "Third, fourth, and fifth grade students that participated in school gardening activities scored significantly higher on science achievement tests compared to students that did not experience any garden-based learning activities." (Klemmer, C.D., Waliczek, T.M. & Zajicek, J.M. (2005). Growing Minds: The Effect of a School Gardening Program on the Science Achievement of Elementary Students. HortTechnology. 15(3): 448-452.)
"Elementary school and junior high school students gained more positive attitudes about environmental issues after participating in a school garden program." (Waliczek, T.M., Zajicek, J.M. (1999). School Gardening: Improving Environmental Attitudes of Children Through Hands-On Learning. Journal of Environmental Horticulture. 17(4): 180-184.) |
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